Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 90, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1981 Page: 6 of 28
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By FRANK MADISON der fire of the 1981 season
The Burleson High Elks Friday night at Elk Stadium,
will have their first test un- They will take on the Grand
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by Frank Madison
Bump's Moustache ^
It’s aO Bump Wills’ moustache’s fault ^
During the first half of the season, it looked like Ranger .
fans might finally see the good old boys from Texas make the k i
play-sin, if nlot the World Series. L
The Rangers were hot. The starting pitchers were doing
thejobthey were supposed to do. And if a starter got in trou
bl^ they could turn the game over to one trftito best corps of ~ T A
Samples* output, and an occasional shot (rani Mario Men-
dou, Johnny Grubb and Jim Sundberg, you had an offensive
machine that couldn’t be stopped. The statistics proved it.
THEN CAME THE STRIKE and the long lay-off. No true
Ranger fan was really worried, though, even when the
leagues went through aU the Mickey Mouse about how to play
the remainder of the season. It didn’t matter what formula
the league* used. As long as the Rangers hept on doing what
they’d been doing, they would be in the play-offs,
imp Bmnp grow Ms moustache. - • H8P&9-& stfec.-'.
As anyone who has ever played an inning of bsnshsfl, shota
mnptd efgolf, or coached a dOwn of little league football can
tell you, when you’re winning you don’t cteng^a fhiitg. You
always put on the same pair ef socks, the aame shirt, the
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You try to remember every move you made, every pntson
you talked to, and even how you Useed your wife goodbye
that day. Then you repeat every ritual before a game.
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tweryoooy Know* tnai.
You can’t Marne Bump Will* aa much for growing Ms
moustache as yen can Don Zimmer. Don Zimmer is a good
what happened the
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Prarie Gophers in a scrim- ning record last year-
mage game. Grand Prarie was 3-7, and
Neither team posted a win- the Elks were 1-9—but both
are expected to be stronger
Ricky bee. offensive lineman, strains te lift (left phste), while DavM West (tap
photo) beach presses. Coach Joe Bill Busch supervises the lifting program.
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offensive and defensive lines
are good enough to be com-
petitive with any they are
__ __ likeJy to meet. “We’ve got se
this year. Since it is a scrim- much experience coming
mage game, it will not count back,’’ he said, “and they
against either team’s record, work well as units.”
Elks head coach Bill Bix- THE TEAM’S ONE glaiv
ler views the game as an ing weakness, according to
excellent warm-up for the Bixler, is lack of depth. ‘ Our
season’s opener against the first-line players match
Weatherford Kangaroos, well, but then it tapers
“Grand Prarie and Weather- some. If we can avoid injur-
ford do similar things," he ies. we riiould have a very
stated, “so by getting ready respectable season,
for Weatherford, we’re get- Bixler and his staff are
ting ready for Grand Prair- epecting to see the first tan-
ie » gible results this year from
COACH BIXLER is quietly the system they began two
optimistic about the coming years ago for player develop-
season, and feels that the ment. At that tune, they tied
Elks are going to surprise the training programs of the
some of the teams on their middle schools, freshmen
schedule. “We’ve done a few and junior varsity teams to
things in the off-season to get that of the varsity. Under
our kids ready; we’ve got Bixler’s system, a player
quite a few experienced grows up in the “system,” so
players coining back; and by the time he joins the
the team's attitude is great,” varsity squad he’s well
he said versed in what’s expected of
him. , ,
One of the off-season acti- “When we’re really going
vitfes Bixler feels is going to to reap the dividends is two
pay off is the Elks’ weight years from now, those will be
program. “Our weight pro- the players who have been In
gram,” he said, “is going to the program their whole ca-
give our kids a chance for reers.”
some success in several
ways. First, they’re physic- noF8N-r mfan
ally stronger. THAT MEAN,
-‘Last year, most of the however, that this year’s
teams we played could sim- h»m wou’Lwta some ball-
ply out-muscle us and that’s game*, the Elks head coach
not going to happen this P°.,"|?.out
year. Our players are as This te the best football
strong as anybody on our **[*“2?
schedule been here, Bixler stated.
“Another way the weight “It’ll bigger, faster and
program has helped us,” he ’stronger ." If we can jump off
continued, “is it has made us to a quick win or two, then
less susceptible to injury, we’re going to be tough the
and it has taught our players rest of the year."
how to work.” "What it turns into.”
Lifting weights is hard
woik, he explained, and af-
ter getting used to that, then
they can go through any-
tiling. “It also lets the coach-
es ask* for more from the
D*Mxief feels that the Elk’s
Coach Bixler concluded, “is
we’ve got to believe we can
win.”
The junior varsity game
will begin at 6 p.m. and the
varsity team will take the
field immediately after the
conclusion of that game.
IwdWhites
wit It.
He also sprints the 40-yards,
a distance dear to football’s
i measurement of speed, in a
* blazing 4.6 seconds.
< When asked about whether
: * he felt up to carrying the
■ football 25 times a game, he
answered, “Just whatever
the coach wants me to do.”
Coach Bill Bixler works out with tight ends during Elks’ foot-
ball practice. 1 To illustra te his toughness,
4 ” ” there is the matter of Ms
injured wrist.
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Ward WMtes is an iron “"7 he broke away for a
man. And he’s going to have touchdown. On his first carry
to be. he may have broken his
j Coach BUI Bixler has al- wist
ready said he plane for the
f 5’U”, 175 tt>. senior running-
’ back to carry the ball 20 to 2S
times a game, but WMtes
doesn’t mind. He likes the
* idea.
!. Quiet polite and articu-
late, WMtes has a reputation
for being tough and duraMe.
Like
Efforts Shorts
Here’s a Uttle trivia tidbit other night in a game
A New York Giants fan against Saskatchewan?
named Charles Victory Well. QB Vtoee Ferraga-
Fault once told Giants Man- am was booed after Ms team
ager Jetm MeGraw that a dropped behind 21 to 1
fortune teller had told Mm Highly touted rookie
he would lead the team to David Overstreet fumbled
the pennant if he were al- fourtipm, 4
lowed to pitch for them. And H«abacker Tom'
Se the superstitious Cousteese went out with an
MeGraw put Faust on the injury after five minutes,
dub and let Mm warm up To make matters worse,
every day for three years. Renghrider QB Joe Barnes,
The Giants won the pen- who was traded by Montreal
wni >11 three years, 1911 to make room for Forraga-
tkrongh 1911 mo, threw five TD passes to
Faust died before the 1914 lead Ms team to a 42 to 23
season, and the Giants failed win.
to win the pennant that year. Baltimore’s Im Stegtoton
The Montreal Alouettes found a Uttle joy in base-
have ftwnt a lot of money on baU’s 59-day strike.
He says, “That’s the long-ft
Saturday, the Elks had
their first intra-squaiicrim-
mage. Coach BUI Bixler’s
itinerary for the day called
for WMtes to carry the ball
only five times. On his first
Ward Whites
Even before the wrist was
X-rayed, Whites was empha-
tic in stating he was going to
day football. “I don’t care if
the wrist is broken or not,
I’m going to play footbaU.”
The two-year varsity tail-
back spent the summer get-
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ting ready for this season. “I offensive line,” he says,
worked with the weights and “they’re the best we’ve had
I did a lot of running.” since I’ve been here. This te
the best footbaU team we’ve
It is inevitable that a sen- {“d since I’ve been here,
ior with his talent will be t(*>- . . . ... ,
approached by colleges. A“ the state Mgh school
While admitting he has been P°lteteP have the Elks rated
sounded out, he states, “Hie a much stronger team than
only tiling on my mind right ti«y ve h**0 in a I0"* time,
now is this footbaU season The passing game was gen-
coming up, and trying to help erally tough last year and
this team as much as I can.” 11 * 8°,n8 t° he good again
this year. But Ward WMtes
The mark of any good run- gives the Elks a strong
ning back is how he talks break away threat that could
about the blockers in front of make the difference between
Mm. Whites is no different, winning and losing.
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Moody, James. Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 90, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1981, newspaper, August 27, 1981; Burleson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth761476/m1/6/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Burleson Public Library.